Guitar orchestra

UNIVERSITY OF

FACULTY of MUSIC

TORONTO

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

7:30 pm. Walter Hall

Guitar Ensemble

Jeffrey McFadden, director

2014.2015

SEASON OF EVENTS

Ross Au (Concertmaster), Babak Taghinia, Nick Fa Her, Andrew Kobelak, Markku Wainman
John Malarczyk, Mike Ruggiero, Blake Banyai, David Guillemaud, Sofia Fernandes,
Tyler Carr, Stephan Bifolchi, Abshir Miller, Joe Labute, Kevin Unruh

PROGRAM

Fuga Elegia Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)

i. Prelude

ii. Fuga

Nicholas Fa Her - Babak Taghinia

The Flatt Pavin John Johnson (1545-1594)

Sofia Fernandes-Joe Labute

Menuet-Trio Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Tyler Carr - Kevin Unruh - Stefan Bifolchi - Blake Banyai

Introduction and Fandango Boccherini

David Guillemaud - Nicholas Faller - John Malarczyk - Andrew Kobelak

The Miller’s Dance Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

Abshir Miller - Markku Wainman

Lo Que Vendra Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Michael Ruggiero - Ross Au

INTERMISSION

Prelude by Bach Nikita Koshkin (b. 1956)

John Malarczyk - Andrew Kobelak

Carnavale Patrick Roux (b. 1962)

David Guillemaud - Babak Taghinia - Nicholas Faller

Mahler Leider Steven Goss (b. 1963)

i) Von der Jugend after Gustav Mahler

ii) Landler

Folguedo

University of Toronto Guitar Ensemble

Celso Machado (b. 1956)

Over the course of a twenty-five year career, Jeffrey McFadden has established a place among the
most admired guitarists of his generation. He has been a featured performer at many international
music festivals and has performed widely In Europe and North America as soloist and chamber
musician.

His debut recording was the first in the Laureate Series on Naxos, and has sold tens of thousands
of copies. He has recorded eight CDs since then, featuring the works of Fernando Sor, Napoleon
Coste, Agustin Barrios, J.S. Bach and others.

In 2012 he was the recipient of the City of Hamilton Arts Award for Music.

Jeffrey McFadden is the first ever graduate of the Doctor of Musical Arts degree program at the
University of Toronto. His groundbreaking book, Fretboard Harmony: Common-Practice Harmony on
the Guitar, was published in 2010 by Les Productions d’Oz.

McFadden is the founder and artistic director of the Sauble Beach Guitar Festival, and Head of
Guitar Studies and Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. His students have
garnered numerous awards and scholarships.